Nine Days that Changed the World 5) When asked if I think that Pope John Paul II is worthy to become a saint‚ I immediately looked up the definition of a saint‚ and to find what it takes to be canonized as a saint. A person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church‚ especially the Roman Catholic Church‚ as having attained‚ through holy deeds or behaviour‚ a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration. From this definition‚ it says you need to be recognized
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Pope John Paul II was elected to lead the Catholic Church during a time of religious decline and moral deterioration in Europe. The Catholic Church was strongly against the atheist Communist regime that was spreading through eastern Europe. It was clear that a message was being sent to the Soviet Union when a Polish pope was elected. His election immediately caused concern in the USSR. Within only a few months‚ change began brewing deep in the Soviet bloc as people began to demand religion‚ reunion
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Pope John Paul II at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Pope John Paul II‚ a vocal advocate for human rights‚ in his speech given in front of Israel’s Holocaust memorial‚ Yad Vashem; implies that both people of Jewish and Christian belief should actively strive towards a better relationship between the two religious groups. He begins to develop this implication by stating that the Christian people shall never dare to forget the tragic horrors that the Jewish people endured. The Pope then claims that
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Vincent De Paul Society is a Catholic affiliated charity organisation that assists to actively fight against causes of both inequality and poverty. They are inspired by Jesus Christ’s compassion to all‚ and are determined to be kind and compassionate to everyone they serve. St Vinnies was founded by a group of Catholic students on 23 April 1833. Frederic Ozanam and his friends decided to make a difference to assist the needs of the poor‚ and agreed on the name of The Society of St Vincent de Paul after
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because it isn’t always right. Conformity can be very dangerous sometimes. In trying to seek what everyone else is doing‚ you can lose yourself in the process. Mr. Keating was one of those wise people who went against the flow; who believed that everyone can have different views and still have peace. In the movie Dead Poets Society‚ Mr. Keating took them into the corridor outside. He made them walk in a line‚ and after they were walking in step he showed that people try to be like others on default. He
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Academy‚ a very strict and traditional school. Mr Keating‚ a well respected teacher‚ by the students at Welton Academy is looked upon as a bad influence on the students by the school’s principal. The principal believed that Mr Keating’s teaching methods are unconventional and he was not following the schools 4 pillars‚ tradition‚ discipline‚ honour and excellence. Mr Keating uses fragments of poems to teach and make his points. When Mr Keating uses these fragments‚ the meaning of the poem is often
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place where tradition and reputation was put before creativity and education. That was until Mr Keating‚ came to the school as an English teacher. He focused around Poetry. He taught the boys to express themselves and do what they in their hearts wanted to do‚ not what their parents wanted them to do.<br><br>The boys found a photo of Mr Keating in an old yearbook with the caption under reading- "Alan Keating‚ Leader
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John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II‚ Italian: Giovanni Paolo II)‚ sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great‚ born Karol Józef Wojtyła (Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛf vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920‚ Wadowice‚ Republic of Poland – 2 April 2005‚ Vatican City)‚ reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. A very charismatic figure‚ John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most
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1. The Suffering and the Mystery of Evil “Man suffers whenever he experiences any kind of evil.” The concept of suffering and evil are closely connected. Pope John Paul II addresses this relationship between suffering and evil in his apostolic letter as follows: Man suffers on account of evil‚ which is certain lack‚ limitation or distortion of good. We could say that man suffers because of a good in which he does not share‚ from which in a certain sense he is cut off‚ or of which he has deprived
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